Combine an old political icon with a new one, and what do you get? ObaMao.
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A US firm has launched what it claims to be the world's largest gummy bear.
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A model present a creations by Amai Rodriguez during The EGO of Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2010 show in Madrid Sept 18.
Items of the Pink Collection from Salvatore Ferragamo in this undated publicity photograph released to Reuters September 16, 2009.
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